Recent content by MHF

I was not aware of any stars (burning or dark) 2 lightyears from the solar system. Proxima Centauri is double that distance.

A NASA man commented on the panorama claiming, "If you look at the right side of the mosaic, you begin to get an idea what we're dealing with," he added. "Mars didn't want to make it easy for anyone to get to the top of this ridge." And yet the picture shows the LEFT side of the crater wall MUCH...

There is no mention of the problem with building such a sphere around a black hole and starving the star of anymore gas and dust. A solid sphere with the maximum energy collectors would stop any infalling gas and dust from heating up enough to generate the energy mention. And, if you build a...

The Drill used on the seismicity experiment on another lander did not penetrate well into the Martian soil. Was designed to go 2 meters down. Might have gotten 12" at best. The drill on Perseverance is only inches long and is designed to drill in hard rock with a lot of pressure behind it from...